Where does “dinnerwards” come from?
dinnerwards (English) comes from English dinner, from Middle English dyner, from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin disiuno, from Latin disieiūnāre, from Latin iēiūnō, from Latin iēiūnus, from Latin iaiūnus — to sacrifice.
dinnerwards (English): Towards dinner
Definitions
- Towards dinner
Ancestry of “dinnerwards”, step by step
dinnerwards traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dinner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dinner | A midday meal; The main meal of the day, often... |
| 2 | Middle English | dyner | lunch second meal of the day, eaten in the late morning |
| 3 | Old French | disner | to dine; to eat the main meal of the day; dinner |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | disiuno | — |
| 5 | Latin | disieiūnāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | iēiūnō | to fast |
| 7 | Latin | iēiūnus | fasting, abstinent, hungry |
| 8 | Latin | iaiūnus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | jagjūnos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- | to sacrifice |
via English wards
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wards | plural of ward; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | ward | A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman;... |
| 3 | Middle English | ward | ward, keeping |
| 4 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 5 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 6 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 9 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |